Finance Minister Sharma resigns

Kathamndu: Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has resigned from his post.

Addressing the House of Representatives today, Finance Minister Sharma announced his resignation paving the way for the parliamentary probe committee to investigate the non-availability of CCTV footage of the Finance Ministry during the budget formation.

The opposition CPN UML had been demanding the Finance minister’s resignation accusing him of allowing unauthorized persons’ involvement in the budget formulation.

An 11-member parliamentary probe committee has been formed today itself to investigate the matter of an unauthorized person’s involvement in the budget formulation.

The probe committee includeds leaders Khagaraj Adhikari, Dev Prasad Gurung, Pushpa Bhusal Gautam, Pradeep Gyawali, Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal, Bimala BK, Laxman Lal Karna, Shakti Bahadur Basnet, Sarala Kumari Yadav, Sitaram Mahato and Surendra Prasad Yadav as members.